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2 SAMARPAN Jan Contents Editorial... 5 Articles are invited for Apr Sai Samarth is Always with Us... 8 Lord Dattatreya helping our ancestors One Whom He Calls, He Makes the Arrangement Sai Baba Experience Hope Sadguru and Law of Karma In the fold of Sai Bhakti Sai Baba Changed My Life Preventing my transfer and resignation Sai Baba Helps Me Get a Job Aaj Guruvar Hai A Real Incident Sai s Blessings Sai The Saviour My Experiences with Baba Sai Baba called me to Shirdi after 11 years Shirdi Sai Miracle in my Life Fruits of Patience Sai Baba s Darshan Sai Baba My Guardian Our Baby - Baba s Blessing Sai Baba's Blessings Obstructions vanish as we utter Sairam Sai Baba sent me a SMS What If That Man Met You?... 51

3 SAMARPAN Jan Baba Continues to Bless Me Satsang, Sadhana and Seva make our Faith Stronger Sai Experiences Sai Deedaar Sai Baba Kuch Kah Rahe Hai Sai Blessed My Daughter to Get Married My Experience with Baba Miracles of Sree Sainath in My Life My Holy Path towards SAI Can There Be Someone Else? My Lord Helped My Family in the Hour of Need Sai Shows Me the Right Way Sai Taught Me the Right Way to Live Life Baba came in White Attire Nine fasts in Sai s name Aaj Guruvaar Hai - Bhajan Baba Helped in Switching on my Computer तन पर न र पत ए भगत आ र न प र ए, प र भ त प र, र न त ( र ) ए तर र त र न... 88

4 SAMARPAN Jan नत न र न Baba s Sketch Disclaimer... 93

5 SAMARPAN Jan Editorial By: Anisha Saluja I remember the day I was seeking a way-out to get connected with Sai Deva in some devout way. I desired to know more about him, his teachings, His miracles and above all I was yearning to be used by him to spread his message to his people. I could not spot a road to walk on. It is said that even if we cannot perceive our strengths, God knows where to put us to get the best and finest trait out of us. Same thing happened with me when one fine day Sai associated me with Sai Samarpan Magazine. Lucky day it was when I earnestly thanked him and intuits that I am going to cover a long way with this magazine. These are not mere coincidences, I staunchly believe that these are all Lord God s arrangements when we are put to something we like, when we are given a chance to do and delve into all that we needed, when we just think about something and it happens to us, when we meet people who we think are just like us, when we see somebody for the first time and sense that we do have a connection. Sai is an enormously positive feeling, a divine and pious energy who alone can take our quaking boat to the shore. He gives us all that we desire, on his time and in his own way which is indeed perfect for us. He blesses his people with all the amenities of life. He says that There shall be no want in the house of my devotees. I accept this as true because when we have Sai in our lives, we are contented within and rest all happens to be immaterial. He shows us the right path to walk on, fills our heart with humanity, brings us down to earth and keeps us away from the evil. He teaches us to love, honor, respect, help the one in need and speak the truth and only truth. He brings his devotees near light and shows them the way to Samarpan Team Anisha Saluja Ashok Jain Damanpreet Kaur Mythili K Nikhil Dugar Poornima S Ravi Verma Published Every January, April, July & October Download your copy: tual-resources/samarpan/ Contact us: You may send your articles at mag@spiritualindia.org

6 SAMARPAN Jan achieve salvation, which is possible only through Sai. I call him my Miraculous Baba. Now, how can we win Sai and get a place in his lotus feet? Baba says that the four Sadhanas and six Shastras are not necessary and just the complete trust in Me is required. He has given us his two Guru Mantra i.e. Faith and Patience or Shraddha and Saburi. He opens door that no one can close and with him the impossible is also possible. I placed my trust in the one on Altar and here I am today shining just like a Star. We all must have done one good deed in our past life and it s only then that we got a place in Sai Baba s lotus feet in this life. My heartfelt thanks to Sai Deva for giving me an opportunity to be a part of Sai Samarpan magazine and I must say that I love working with the team of Samarpan. Finally, Love and Light to the readers for contributing and sharing their experiences and being a part of spreading Sai s word to the world. Bow to Shri Sai, Peace be to all. Love & Light

7 SAMARPAN Jan Articles are invited for Apr 2011 Samarpan is the first online magazine on Sai Baba of Shirdi. If you like to publish your articles in Samarpan, please send us an to mag@spiritualindia.org with your entry. All the approved entries will be published in Apr 2011 edition. You can send the following types of items: - Spiritual Article - Mythological stories - Poems - Bhajans - Spiritual Experiences with Sai Baba - Spiritual Experiences with any other God/ Goddess - Information about religious events - Original Spiritual Photographs Your article should be original. Please do not submit any copyrighted article. Please send your article latest by February 28, Please follow below guidelines for submitting your articles for next edition of SAMARPAN. - Please give a suitable title and write your name or the name of the author (if you are not the author). - Please do not copy someone else s article. - Please keep your articles in the range of 100 to 1500 words. - Please do not type everything in capital (upper case). - Please do not use short forms (SMS style of writing) - Write you and not u - Write and and not n - Please use full stop. and not. - For Hindi articles, use for translation. Please do spell checks before you submit the article and correct all spelling mistakes.

8 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Samarth is Always with Us By: Hemant Kumar It was December 2006, when I was unemployed. Somehow, I thought to visit Shirdi. As I brought ticket for Shirdi, just 4 hours after that, I received a call for joining a company. Since that day, I became devotee of Sai Baba. His blessings are beyond imagination. He is hearing and watching everything everywhere. Sometimes he put us in to difficulties, may be to check his devotee s patience. Once I went to Shirdi with my family. Very next morning it was 1st January Thursday There was huge crowd for darshan. I left my family along with my one year old baby and a 5 years old son, on Sai dharmashala parishar, having no space even to sit. And I walked for darshan in queue. I was worried about kids having no space to sit and wait for me for at least 4 hours, as I thought that it would take me at least four hours to get darshan due to huge rush. So I return back from queue after 20 minutes, and saw another miracle of baba. Someone came with a mat and gave it to my wife and arranged space to sit with the kids. I was surprised to see that, and thought, Why should I

9 SAMARPAN Jan worry when my family is in baba s dharmashala parishar. I pity my narrow mindedness that I didn t have full faith in baba and I came back from darshan queue. Even though I know about baba s miracles, and have faith on him, I lack patience and complete faith. This is the reason for my suffering. I request to Sai Baba that, O Baba! If you want to give something to your followers firstly give them the patience which one requires for the particular suffering or rainy days. Once again Baba, please show your miracles frequently so that we can feel your presence. You are the Forgiver so please forgive our mistakes. Om Sai Ram.

10 SAMARPAN Jan Lord Dattatreya helping our ancestors By: Gaurav Kathuria Shirdi Sai Baba is considered an incarnation (or avatar) of Lord Dattatreya. In simple terms, this means that Baba has many spiritual qualities of Lord Dattatreya. Being Baba s devotees, we spend most of the time studying Baba s teachings and trying to put into practice what he taught us. However, by knowing that Baba is an incarnation of Lord Dattatreya, some of us may have the inquisitiveness to learn about some special qualities of Lord Dattatreya. Through this article, we still study one very important function of Lord Dattatreya in this Universe. Not many devotees may know that one of Lord Dattatreya s functions is such that, those who worship Him are bestowed with his grace by giving speed to the journey of our ancestors to the next higher region. God gives man a chance to get liberated from the debt of ancestors through the ritual that gives speed to ancestors onward journey and through chanting the Name of Dattatreya. Because of attachments to world, worldly objects and people with whom a soul s body is related to in a birth, the soul s journey towards God is slowed down. Unfulfilled desires in a

11 SAMARPAN Jan birth are one of the foremost reasons and another reason is that when a soul finds that its relatives are in need and are asking for help, it may want to help them. However, such tendencies to help may result in fostering of events which do not really help its relatives. When we repeat the protective chant of Sree Gurudev Datta, we attract the divine energy associated with Lord Datta s Name and as a result we benefit in the following way: 1. A subtle protective sheath envelops us It helps to nullify the give-and-take account that we have with our ancestors.. 2. It gives our ancestors the assistance they require to make their onward journey in the subtle world. Repetitions of the chant Sree Gurudev Datta along with chanting of the Name of God as per religion of birth, acts as a general spiritual tonic for overall spiritual growth.

12 SAMARPAN Jan One Whom He Calls, He Makes the Arrangement By: Sreevani K Day 1: ( ) The day we got a message from Baba (Through Dipikaji at our forum) that we should donate Baba a coconut, I decided that we will go to Shirdi. Going to Shirdi was our plan since Jan 10, but for one or other reason we could not go, but this time I didn t want to compromise, I started thinking very deeply about this, I told Shekar my husband that "We will go to Shirdi" and he was fine with that. However, he wanted it to be planned in next month which i did not agree with. I told him very seriously, "I am going to Shirdi, if you want to come inform me before 11.30pm, I will book the ticket if not I will go with my mother", and at last Shekar agreed. Day 2: ( ) Getting tickets from my place is not easy as we need to book tickets much before. Hiring a private vehicle would have been very expensive. Baba came and helped us in the form of my manager Manoj, Manoj tried a lot and all the way I was just chanting "Sai Ram" while Manoj was booking the tickets and after a long time our tickets were booked, I was very happy. Day 3: ( ) I wanted to stay at Shirdi for at least 2 days, but Shekar's presence at his office was very important so he told me that we will be there for just one day as he has to attend office the next day i.e. tuesday (Journey time from our place to Shirdi is 15 hrs). I was very upset, I prayed Baba not to send us so early back from there and told shekar to just tell his boss the fact and ask him for two days leave, it was just a miracle that when shekar asked leave his boss readily agreed. My joy knew no bounds. And again the other issue was our return tickets, every one told me that booking return tickets was very-very difficult even by Tatkal. I thought Baba will make the arrangements. I came to office and I found a person in my office who always book our Chairman tickets, I asked him but he too told me the same that getting tickets is really very difficult. And suddenly he told me that one of our office employee, Manohar could help help in getting train tickets. I just called Manohar and asked him for help. The whole day I could not concentrate on any of my work while thinking about return journey.

13 SAMARPAN Jan Day 4: ( ) This was the day of our journey to Shirdi. I was joyful and happy. It was my fourth visit to Shirdi and i decided to see all the places outside and inside the temple which i had missed during my earlier visits. We had to leave at 4 PM however, we die not receive any call from Manohar till 12 in the noon. I called him but his mobile was switched off. I performed pooja to Baba at home. The moment I completed my pooja I got a call from Manohar. Out tickets were ready. I and shekar went to Manohar and thanked him for his help. Shekar and me got different coaches and Shekar was upset about it. But he became normal during the journey and it was enjoyable trip. Day 5: ( ) We reached Shirdi. When we went for darshan there was no crowd. Once I saw Baba, I could not explain how happy I was. I just stood seeing my father, I could not control my tears. Though this was our fourth visit I never felt this so happy before. During the evening we went for Mukhadarshan, sat there just seeing baba, I told Him what all was going within me, I was crying like anything, now I feel so light and more confident than before. We were there for Night Aarathi also. As we were sitting down I could not see Baba from there as there was a large donation box, I was seeing Baba in the display over there, then

14 SAMARPAN Jan after some time a security guard came hurriedly and took that donation box and kept that aside; so i was able to view Baba very well and I was able to forget everything and sing Aarthi to Baba. Day 6: ( ) This was our last day of the trip at Shirdi. Due to preceivable lack of time we had Mukhadarshan. We visited all the places within Shirdi Dwarakamai, Chavadi, Lakshmi Bhai Shindi House, Abdul Baba Hut, Kandoba Temble, Maruthi Temple. After some shopping we were about to go back to our room when Shekar observed that there was no crowd in the mandir and so we went for darshan and could finish that in fifteen minutes. I feel Baba is always with us, he will ever take care of us. After vacating the room, we went to Sai Baba Thapobhoomi, spent some time over there. During return journey we requested a fellow passenger who readily moved to different coach where we had one of our seats and me and my husband returned together in one coach. Thankyou Baba for everything. Om Sai Ram.

15 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba Experience By: Madhu Moorti TK My father in law lately had various health problems and was suffering from lot of pain. He decided to visit India for 3 months so that his health could improve. My family members showed him to many doctors and got all the tests done but they all came normal but he still had pain in his stomach. One day I called India and found out that he was miserable over there and lost about 10 lbs in 2 months, so I prayed to Shri Sai baba and decided to read Shri Sai Sat charitra and finish it on the next Thursday, which was one week later. I also called and told my mother in law to visit Sai temple nearby on next Thursday and feed poor. I do not recall when exactly I talked to them again but I got the news that his pain had got better by 50% and he was doing better. I instantly thanked Sai baba for showering his grace on my father in law. My mother in law does not believe in Baba and such cures, but I wanted to tell her to get some Sai baba udi and give it to my father in law. Now they are back from India and he is doing much better. I happened to ask my mother in law about Sai baba and she Said that she got 2 Udi packets from her friend and she had given it to my father in law. Sai Baba, you know everything and know who is thinking what and doing what. Please always stay with us and help us do good deeds and bless us. I want to share how Guru/Govind (Jalarambapa, Sai Baba, Hanumanji/Shree Ram) bestowed blessing in my dream. It was November 13th, Saturday morning and I had a dream in which I saw a beautiful dark blue color bull in my front yard. I was mesmerized by it as I had never seen a blue bull before. I

16 SAMARPAN Jan wanted to feed bull something so I went inside the house and got some puris. As I was feeding the bull I saw another beautiful white color bull coming towards me. Then in dream itself I thought that it is Shree Ram and Lakshmanji giving me darshan as a pair of bulls. Continuing with my dream, there was a statue of Hanuman in front of my house and Hanuman came alive and went to see where Shri Ram and Lakshmanji went. Hanuman saw that they were killing some bad roaches or germs and Hanumanji Said to Ram, Prabhu, I am here so why are you going through all the trouble of killing with your hands? Shree ram smiled and kept doing what he was doing and sadly my dream ended right there. When I woke up I knew it was shree ram who came to my dream to give me darshan as I had pleaded many times in past to give me his darshan. I know that something must be auspicious on Saturday 13th so I thanked him for giving me darshan. As I was doing chores around the house and thinking about the dream a thought came to my mind that Jalaram Jayanti falls around the same time of the year too and I consider Jalaram bapa as my guru too. So I called my grandma and asked her when Jalaram Jayanti was and to my joyous surprise she told that it was that day, Saturday 13th. So I narrated her whole dream and told her how Shree ram gave me his darshan and indirectly reminded me that it is a special day of Jalaram Jayanti. Another experience I want to share is how Hanuman Bestowed his blessing on me when I went on training from my office. It was Tuesday and at the training I googled to see if there was any Temple nearby in FL, and to my surprise it was only 10 miles away. But the dilemma was that I had no car. So I called up my hotel shuttle service to see if they can give me a ride. They Said the miles don t fall in the hotel range but to my surprise the lady willingly Said they will still provide shuttle service to temple for drop off and pickup. So I went to the temple and it was a beautiful temple. I got a chance to attend evening Aarti and after Aarti to my surprise priest did Shree Ram vandana and then we all sat down in front of Ram parivar and did all the Hanuman prayers except Sunder Kand. I had taken my Ramcharit Manas to the temple thinking that I will read some of it in the temple; I have a habit that I open the book randomly and read whatever page it opens on. So after all the prayers were done I opened the book and it opened on exactly Sunder kand page. Out of 1300 pages it only opened on Sunder Kand page only by Hanumanji s grace. When I saw this page I started crying as I never even though of reading Sunderkand but Hanuman guided me to read Sunder Kand. Guru Govind Dono Khade kake lagun paya Balihari Guru aapne, Govind diyon batay

17 SAMARPAN Jan Hope By: K. Mythili HOPE was given as the ultimate tool or method that enabled individuals to endure life while they were waiting for their unmet needs to be fulfilled or fall into place. If a person loses HOPE -- in a strained relationship, a stalled career, or negative health situation, the lack of this emotion can lead to miscommunication, a separation (or divorce), ongoing drama or crisis -- or even death. Losing hope invites lack of vision, criticism, boredom, anger, stagnation, and letting go of one's desire to live. The quality of your HOPE is the quality of your perception of life. To assure a constant stream of hope in your life, the first step is finding key people who will listen to you (i.e., your needs, wants, and desires) so that you feel heard. When you feel heard, hope begins. You can lose hope when there is negativity in your life. Even when the darkest moment surrounds us, know that there is or will be a person who will listen to your pain. By accepting the moment and the future, you are believable to those who want to help you. Hope comes from knowing you can succeed. Knowing you can succeed comes from one or more persons who say, "you will overcome this challenge!" Therefore, it behooves you to (carefully) choose who you trust and tell your pains and problems to. Interestingly enough, when we pray to God, the angels, or a loved one who has passed over, we are actually reaching out to "someone" who will listen to us. In praying to God, we open ourselves to taking responsibility for our past and present actions. In that one moment of internal realization, we attract someone who will step into our lives specifically to give us the hope and information we need. Hope always comes from knowing we have a friend, loved one, or a loving God who listens to our problems. In asking for help, a solution always appears. It may take days, weeks, months, or years to forget the pain we endured, but this expands our breadth of love to accept new personal growth. As we gain hope, happiness fills our days again. We start noticing how good food tastes, how beautiful the sky is, and how people take the time to help us. When hope fills our life again, our renewed value in our self leads us to our life mission and realization of our natural talents. The result is having control of our life, a great relationship, a rewarding job, good friends, more leisure time, desire to exercise, and a connection to God.

18 SAMARPAN Jan Sadguru and Law of Karma By: Ashok Jain At some or other point in time due to lots of philosophical views and multiple interpretations floating around, people are terribly confused about the need of Guru and how does Guru's grace or blessing fit in the scheme of things where law of karma takes precedence. The law of karma which establishes right conduct, right faith, right speech, right knowledge by imparting justice and establishing order is the most powerful law or axiom which governs this universe. In simple terms, every thought, every speech and every action can never go waste and always meets its fruit. If by law of karma we are supposed to live in misery and pain, if we are to lead a life full of obstacles; then how can a Sadguru help us? In order to arrive at the answer we need to understand law of karma in its totality. Let us try to understand it through a simple example. Suppose by your action at some point of time, you are supposed to receive a torrential rain tomorrow. Whatever you do, you have to go out and if it is destined by your own actions, you have to witness the rain. Now the rain is inevitable, your going out in the rain is also inevitable. But what is not inevitable is your reaction to the rain. Nothing stops you from making a plan to save yourself from rain though. Your prior knowledge about the event can help you plan better but more often or not we do not have any idea about our future and how the events would fold for us. So, here comes sadguru who will help us in such a situation. Sadguru will be the one who will ask you to carry an umbrella with you next time when you go out. He may tell you or may not tell you the real reason but if you listen to him and see that the act of carrying umbrella is very harmless and it is only going to benefit you, you will be saved from the rain. Rain will still come down, you will still go out but with a difference. Multiple actions happen together, some are new actions while others are the results of previous actions or what we call destiny. Everyday we do mixed actions, some good, some bad, some actions have good and bad mixed together in different proportions. We do charity, we pray, we meditate, we act unselfishly in certain situations, we behave well, we show detachment from world at times, we act honestly, we speak truth, we act gently and lovingly in the same breadth while we are being manipulative, selfish, calculative, violent and what not. So, unless there is purity of actions, thoughts, speech we will sow different kinds of seeds and they will bear fruits which will give us pain, pleasure, hope, disappointment etc all bundled together. The results of multiple karmas take fruition at different times and their durations overlap with each other and hence our state constantly swings from being happy to being unhappy.

19 SAMARPAN Jan If you understand it, you will know that in our everyday life the rain is unforeseen troubles, act of carrying umbrella is our new action, the advice of carrying umbrella is the grace of Guru. Someone who loves you, feels for you; someone who wants to take misery out of your life and show you the right path always is the Sadguru. Sadguru is the best thing which can happen to us. Sadguru will help you weed out bad actions, bad thoughts and bad speech from your everyday life. He will make us learn important lessons by highlighting them to us. He will let us know what things we should value in our life and what we should not. How much importance has to be given to various things which come our way. Sadguru does not test us, he does not put us into trouble. He only helps us, he guides us out of the trouble and he teaches us the necessary lessons. No book can ever substitute a Sadguru. Without Sadguru our evolution will happen at snail pace and our path will be beset with dangers and all possibilities of regression than any progress. Sadguru helps us come out of darkness into light, he helps us become our own light, he helps us cross the ocean of life, he imparts in us the eternal truths of universe and all this happens within the circumference of law of karma. Peace and love to you all. Om Sai Ram.

20 SAMARPAN Jan In the fold of Sai Bhakti By: Geeta Kannan I was brought into the fold of Sai Bhakti in 2004 during my first trip to Shirdi. Since then, He has gradually made changes in me that are unexplainable. I feel more at peace with myself with my surrender at His Holy Feet. There have been some tough times in life when He has constantly showered His grace and support to help us cross and come out of it unscathed. My daughter faced a lot of problems in school which Baba skillfully solved through His kindness and mercy. I pray that we stay on the path of Sai Bhakti and help mankind who are less fortunate than us. Sainatha, please bless us with Shraddha, Saburi and noble thoughts, words and deeds. We thank you for making us your devotees. Koti pranams to you, Sainatha.

21 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba Changed My Life By: K. Krithiga I like to share my views with Sai devotees to let them know how Baba is helping me each and every minute. I am very simple and helpful to others, but not beautiful if beauty is in physical appearance to the world. My father searched for a life partner for me for quite a long time. I always prayed to Sai that my husband must be a simple person. I got married, my husband is highly educated, simple, but money minded. Every day he compares me with others - with money and beauty. I adjusted a lot though I faced a lot of problems in life. I always cried before the photo of Baba to help me come out from this situation. I now have a four year old child and worried about her education. Because of this problem I could not concentrate on any work. I always questioned Sai as to why did I have to go through these problems. One day I attended Sai bhajan at a neighbor s house. I kept crying to Sai - what mistake had I done in life, I asked his help to come out of this situation. Baba, the ever benevolent, heard my prayers. I got a job in a different place. I took my child to my mother house. I am now staying with my parents. I have very little to complain in life. I feel so much better. My aim now is to do something for mentally retarded children, though I am doing my bit for the physically challenged. I see Sai in each of these people. My heart and soul is full of praises to Sai. I thank Sai every day and every minute for bringing about these changes in my life. Thank you Sai Ram.

22 SAMARPAN Jan Preventing my transfer and resignation By: Parul Gupta My extreme apologies to baba. I had promised him I will pen this incident down on November 04, 2010 but could not. I joined a company in April 2009 and was happy with my job. Incidentally, this job also was given to me by Baba himself. I never had the skills to join this company but he ensured that I get this job. By December 2009, our company which had merged recently planned to move the corporate office to Gurgaon from Hyderabad. I was in dilemma as I did not wish to resign nor did I wish to get transferred leaving my husband alone in Hyderabad. The struggle started from here. Somehow, the company could not fit me into any of the roles and I had practically no work till March. Then one fine day, I was adjusted in a group and had a reporting manager. Now, within 20 days, this group was asked to move to Gurgaon. Most of the people resigned. Somehow, I wasn t asked. I kept praying Baba to get me another job. Time was passing by but there were no interview calls. No consultant even called me to enquire. I was devastated that with just one year experience in this new industry (Telecom) who would hire me. I was not even an engineer. Meanwhile, all astrologers predicted that I will lose the job and then would definitely get another within 1-2 months. Then in September I was issued a transfer letter. I asked Baba whether I should go to Gurgaon or resign. I received a reply (through chits which I put across in the presence of Baba s photograph) to go to Gurgaon. I went to Gurgaon and was successful in persuading HR that I would join in November.

23 SAMARPAN Jan October too passed but nothing happened. Meanwhile, I was contacting everyone and I was given a polite NO everywhere. Nobody was helping me. I was tired. Then I happened to call a senior colleague of mine who had left the company a short time ago. I thought he would help me. But instead he scolded me for disturbing him. I was devastated and humiliated. I decided I will not ask help from anyone. It is Baba s job to help me. Meanwhile, I went to Tirupati and came back with a blissful darshan. On joining office I asked about my status on November 02. Before approaching HR I saw the delivery of Sai Samarpan magazine in my inbox and read some articles. I read about Sai vrat and its effects. I decided that if my HR agrees to accommodate me in circle office in Hyderabad I will start doing this vrat from November 04 itself. Also I had prayed to Baba that I would write this article on 4th November. When I finally met HR, they were positive and said they would adjust me in Hyderabad itself. As I came to office on November 08 after Diwali, a new shocking development awaited me. I contacted my manager in Gurgaon. He told me that my termination papers are being prepared as I did not join office on the scheduled day in Gurgaon. I was shell-shocked. I ran pillar to post but it seemed that there was no hope. Then, my HR manager asked me to put a mail stating that it was he who had stopped me from going to Gurgaon office. I wrote the mail. Next day, on 9th November I met my HR again and they assured me that an official communication was on its way. By 6:30 pm in the evening I got the mail. The whole day had passed in anxiety and fear of worse to come my way. But that mail relieved me and I could sleep that night without the worry of leaving my home. I am indebted to baba who has given me so much in life. He is with me. He keeps testing me and my patience. Makes me cry and rushes to wipe my face. Thank you baba for showing this miracle. It is only your mercy and grace on me that I am doing this job. Thank you baba!!!

24 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba Helps Me Get a Job By: Neetha Reddy In Feb 2008, I came abroad with many aspirations from India. I was very happy then, as finally I achieved my dream of studying in a foreign country and also have my cousin uncle s support who resides in Australia. Things went well during the first 15days and then after a month my uncle asked me to move out of his house. I somehow managed to find a place and then moved to another place with some of my friends after a couple of months. In august 2008, I had several issues with my roommates though it wasn t my mistake. I lost mental peace and also didn t eat food for almost a week as I did not have any part time job and my parents weren t able to send me money from India. I used to sit on internet for almost all the day and one day I found a community of Sai baba on the internet. It was Baba s blessings that I got introduced to him and through the website I made a couple of friends who told me about Satcharitra. I started reading Satcharitra on the web, a chapter a day and after ten days all the issues with my roommates were resolved. But still I wasn t happy as I was in serious financial crisis and always wanted a part time job to survive. One night I was crying in front of Baba s photo and told him that if I didn t get a job within a week, I planned to go back to India. I then applied for almost 200 jobs on the same night. To my surprise when I got up the next morning and opened my , I got an interview call from a reputed company and got selected in the group interview. The final interview was scheduled on a Sunday and I had so many problems reaching the interview place. But Sai

25 SAMARPAN Jan has his own plans to test our patience and he knows what to give and when. I successfully got through the final interview and got the job. I was also in search of a better place to stay as I didn t want to stay with the people who caused me so much of trouble. With baba s blessings I found a very good place to live and I am living in the same place for the last two years. In June 2009 I went to India to see my parents. I planned to come back in a month but had to stay back for three months because of my family issues. When I came back I lost the job and again fell into financial crisis. In the month of November my roommates had been to India and while coming back they had got me a photo of Baba. I put up the photo in my bedroom and the same day my credit card limit got increased with which I survived for almost 3 months. But Baba still tested me in many ways; I was jobless for almost a year from September 2009 to Aug In June 2010, I started doing my Nav Guruvar Vrat and on 8th Thursday I got a job in my dream company with a better pay and better allowances. It was all because of Baba s blessings that I was able to survive for almost a year in a foreign country without any job. Like this there are so many instances where Baba guided me like a teacher, punished and cared me like my father, consoled me like my mother. As I had promised to Baba that I would share my experience if I get a job, I am writing this to Samarpan magazine. Recently, during the last month I saw Baba in my dream when I was worrying about something and he told me that everything will happen according to my wish and it happened. I still have some problems and I am sure Baba will definitely solve them. Love you Baba. Om Sai Ram

26 SAMARPAN Jan Aaj Guruvar Hai By: Sima Bhavsar Aaj Guruvaar hai mere Sai ka Vaar hai Sai ki Bhakti me, sara din guzaar hai Sai naam japte raho, Sai Sai kahte raho Sai naam ke bina jeena bekar hai Shirdi me dum machi, Sai ke pukar hai Bhakti ka shor hai, ghanto ke aawaz hai Swaron ki dhun me, bhakton ka pukar hai Aaj guruvaar hai, mere Sai ka vaar hai Darshan pane ke liya,bhakto ki katar hai Prasad pane ke liye, bhakto ki bheed-bhar hai darshan pane ke liye man bekarar hai Sai ki jai bolo, mahima aprampaar hai Sai ka naam lo, varna jeena bekar hai Bhola sa roop hai, par shakti apaar hai Aaj guruvaar hai, mere Sai ke vaar hai Sai ka naam loge to sapna saakar hai Aaj Guruvaar hai, aaj guruvaar hai Jai Sai Ram

27 SAMARPAN Jan A Real Incident By: Kala Thiagarajan I am from Chennai. Myself with my parents and my brother had planned to go to Shirdi and so the arrangements were going on. We had to carry food for our travel since we were travelling by train. So we prepared idlis, we had almost completed preparing idlis and only a few were left to be prepared. We have the practice of offering rice with toor dal to God daily and then we would give it to crow. To our surprise, that day it so happened that, when the last lots of idli were prepared, the lid which was covered to the vessel could not be opened. We tried opening the lid several times, but it would not open. So, keeping the vessel as it is, with the lid closed, we left for Shirdi. After we returned about a week later, to our surprise we found that now we could open the lid and some part of the idli was missing. We felt happy that Baba had accepted our offering of idlis and had blessed us. In another incident, when I was a school student, my neighbors had planned to go to Shirdi. Before leaving, the lady of the house offered prayers to Baba with folded hands and closed her eyes and prayed Baba to take care of their house while they were away. When she opened her eyes, she could see baba's photo right in front of her. Then they left home. It so happened that every night after they left, baba would get into their house through the walls, roam into their house and then come out. This was visible to others. Baba had taken care of their house. Sairam.

28 SAMARPAN Jan Sai s Blessings By: Reema Bhambhani Om Sai Ram, I would like to share my true experience with Sai Baba. This happened during my wedding. My marriage date was fixed on 1st March'09. I always hoped that Sai Bhajans were sung at my home one day before my marriage, as I wanted to invite Sai Baba to my marriage to seek his blessings. In our city there is a Sai Samiti, which has a group which sings Sai bhajans at various homes on request. The procedure for organizing Sai Bhajans at home was that, whoever would like to organize Sai bhajans at their home had to inform and announce at the Sai Samiti so that all the members would get the information and could attend the Bhajan. When we requested Sai Samiti to organize Bhajans at our home, they requested one member of our family to come to Sai Samiti on 29th April'09 evening, to attend the bhajan at 7.30 pm and then make an announcement of Sai Bhajans to be held at our home. Since we were all busy with the marriage preparations, we asked my brother to go and attend the

29 SAMARPAN Jan Bhajan and then make the announcement. Unfortunately he was not able to reach there at the given time and the bhajans had already got over and the Samiti did not announce our request because there was no one present from our family at that time. I felt very bad and was hurt about this. I started crying. Then we tried to contact the Samiti again and requested them a lot, but they refused. Now there was only one day left for the marriage and I started praying Baba, "Please come home. I want you to please come to my home and bless me for my married life". I cried and requested the Samiti people on phone again. Somehow they got convinced and agreed for bhajans at my home on 30th April'09. I was so happy, as now Baba was coming home. This day did come and we started preparing. Two people from the Samiti came early and did all the preparations. They also arranged Aasan for Sai Baba so that when he comes he could sit there. They put a big Sai Baba's picture, flowers, Udi, and Deepak. In the evening all the Samiti people came for Bhajans. Before starting bhajans they assured us that sometimes Sai Baba really comes during the bhajans and at that time flowers fall from Sai Baba's photo. Now they started Sai Bhajans-pure bhajans with all peace and concentration. We all were anxiously waiting for Sai Baba to come and take his seat. And the miracle happened. SAI BABA came because the flowers started falling from the photos - not only once, twice but thrice. Now we knew that Baba had come and he was sitting with us although we could not see him but we felt his presence. The Samiti people were also shocked because the flowers fell thrice. They were also happy and blessed me for my happy married life. At last, finally my wish came true. Baba came home and gave me blessings for my married life by giving me those flowers. Today with his blessings I am very happy with my husband Ajeet Bhambhani and his family, which is now my family. Not only this I had many true experiences with Sai Baba. I always feel that he is with me in my heart throughout the day, He listens to me and gives me all I want, every time. I thank Him for all that he has given me - happiness, achievements, love, a perfect husband, a good family, my Parents, brothers and you. Om Sai Ram.

30 SAMARPAN Jan Sai The Saviour By: Mrudula Senthil I would like to share my experience with the readers of this magazine. I am married to a man who turned into a real sadist (someone who gets pleasure from hurting the other person) and I underwent many tortures from his family. Below is just one instance of his sadistic nature and how Sai helped me overcome that. I got into TCS as Software Engineer in India after many hurdles and was working there. But my husband tortured me to resign my job and come to US to join him. I came to US on a H4 dependent Visa. After coming to US another shock awaited me. He compelled me not to apply Udi and broke Hindu idols and tortured me not to pray Hindu gods. As we all know through Sai s preaching that GOD IS ONE, I silently went to the church with him, though I cried internally. It did not stop at that. He harassed me in many ways, beat me up and threatened not to pray Hindu Gods but to only pray to JESUS. All these he did with the motive of torturing me. His approach was so cruel that I completely surrendered to Sai, to bestow his grace on me.

31 SAMARPAN Jan I was jobless at that time. I had to borrow money from him even for my basic medical aid. It was a tough time for me, without anyone in US to help me and I had to suffer these tortures just within the four walls of my house. I was not even able to call my family and tell them. I underwent many health issues also at that time due to depression. He was least bothered and abused me that all my tough time was due to belief and prayers to Sairam. I cried almost every night silently after he slept. Then I started looking for a job as I had H1 Visa with me. He paradoxically laughed at me saying that I would definitely not succeed and no one would offer me a job when I pray Hindu gods. Many days without food and sleep passed. He teased me in many ways. At that time one of my friends told me about Nav Vrat Pooja. I started that pooja during his absence at home and continued my job search. By Sai s grace (a real miracle which I am not able to put in words) I went to Canada to change my status from H4 to H1. I got a call from one of the best employers in St. louis, I cleared the interview in my first round and got placed. Everyone was astonished. This was something unbelievable because after a long gap, getting job during the period of recession and that too in the same place was really tough (especially for a less experienced persons like me). Point to note here is : I got the interview call on Thursday and my first day to join the job was also a Thursday (April 22, 2010). Now by Sai s blessings I am happy at my work place. Though my tortures in family are continuing in other means, at least now I am financially sound to take care of myself. Thanks to Sai. Om Sairam.

32 SAMARPAN Jan My Experiences with Baba By: Karuna Earlier too I had the blessing to share my experience. Now again I have got the blessing of BABA. I am still in a state of trance with amazing incidents happening by the Grace of BABA which I would like to share with you all. Blessing 1 - My journey to Shirdi began on 29th of October When we got down at Manmad on 31st morning we didn t knew where to go and whom to approach. But BABA had made all preparations well in advance. A taxi driver came directly to us at the platform and offered to take us to Shirdi comfortably. In the meantime, an old lady came to me and said that she was very hungry. I bought Vada-Paav and gave her. This time gap was intentional by BABA, as my friend was a bit reluctant to rely on the taxi driver who had approached us. But by the time I could get Vada Paav to the old lady, he had conversed with the driver and was convinced. The driver also offered to carry our luggage and got us safely and comfortably at the hotel in Shirdi. Blessing 2 - On the same day in the evening we went to the temple for darshan. Inside the main shrine the queue is divided into two parts. As we entered near the 1st queue, the crowd from behind started pushing and we were forced into the 2nd queue and were a bit uneasy. But when we reached near BABA we realized that in the 1st queue you could see HIM only from the front and could not go near HIM. While in the 2nd you could go by HIS side and have a close

33 SAMARPAN Jan look and touch and Prostrate at HIS Samadhi. Thus BABA had fondly called upon us to come close to HIM and to have a very good darshan. Blessing 3 - On 1st November, i.e. on my birthday my friend had arranged for special darshan during Aarti through his acquaintance in the temple. So it was not required for us to stand in the queue; we were allowed to go directly inside. But BABA tested me on my faith. When we entered, the security guard told me that the gate had been closed and that we could not go inside. I was upset for a few seconds but still had faith in BABA. We turned back and had hardly taken 2 steps when the security guard called us back and opened the doors for us. We were blessed with witnessing the Madhyanna Aarti and again got into the 2nd queue and had a close darshan of BABA and could touch and prostrate at HIS Samadhi. Blessing 4 - During the Aarti I had requested BABA for a certain wish and Said that if he agreed to it, prove it to me by giving me a garland or at least a flower. After Aarti and darshan when we were coming out there was an employee of the Samasthan who was standing at the door with a garland in one hand and a bunch of rose flowers in the other (these were those that were laid on BABA s Samadhi and then removed). He voluntarily extended his hand and gave me a bunch of rose flowers. I was really overwhelmed with joy at that point. (Neither on 31st October nor on 2nd November when we went for darshan, could we see anyone near the door). This again was BABA s leela. Blessing 5 - On 2nd midnight we were to board our train from Manmad. We had decided to go a little early so that we do not face any problems en route at late night. But in the meantime I was feeling a bit sad that I could not witness the Shej Aarti (Night Aarti). We thought of going on 1st November but due to some reason we could not do so. BABA understood my wish and HE delayed our train by 8 hours. So on 2nd we witnessed Shej Aarti to our heart s content and next day early morning left for Manmad to catch the train. Leela 1 - Since we had not finalized the return date and also confirmed train tickets were not available we were thinking of coming to Nagpur and then take a bus from there to our destination. But BABA had something else in mind. HE made us choose the train journey and created situations where we were forced to travel by 3rd AC with a general ticket. And we had decided that we will ask the TTE to take the difference amount and provide us the seats. But surprisingly he never bothered to ask for the tickets at all. Since the train was delayed it was not possible to catch the connecting train to our destination on that date. Hence, we had cancelled that train and booked for the next day. That means 1 more day s staying at the intervening station and reaching home on the morning of Deepawali. I was reluctant about it. While we were discussing this in the train, a co-passenger was telling to the canteen employee while ordering for lunch, that she has a reservation till Rourkela but she will be getting down at Durg.

34 SAMARPAN Jan This struck my friend and he told me to explore the option of going to Rourkela and then from there catch a bus or train to BBSR so that I reach on the designated day (4th). After a couple of calls to my ex-colleague in BBSR this route was finalized as we felt it would be comfortable and safe. Now the question arises about the ticket. As I had only a general ticket, so what option did we have? At this point, that girl voluntarily told me to travel in her seat and since it will reach Durg late night, after that there will be no ticket checking. The same thing happened and I traveled till Jharsuguda (one station before Rourkela) in that seat only. There I got down and got freshened up and after getting a ticket from there to BBSR was sitting on the platform waiting for my train. Leela 2 - While sitting there I noticed two kids curdled together and talking in low voice in Tamil. I being a Tamilian grew curious and when 1 boy left that place I slowly started the conversation with the other. I nearly froze when I heard the story of those two kids. They were 2 brothers from Madurai who were lured by a rich person of their village of providing them with a good living and taking proper care of them. He had paid their parents a sum of Rs. 7,000 and brought them here. Then he began to torture them and treated them as bonded labourers and began thrashing them. Unable to withstand it both of them somehow escaped and came to the railway station but were clueless about further action as they had no money nor they understood the language and did not know which train will take them to their destination. They

35 SAMARPAN Jan were there for last 4 days on the platform surviving on water. I immediately bought them two tickets and brought them along with me to BBSR and took them home and made them feel comfortable with a bath food and rest. In the evening I bought them 2 general tickets and boarded them in Coromandel Express. Leela 3 - Again I could see the Leela of BABA here. The General Compartment in which I boarded them had exactly two seats vacant on the upper berth as if it was reserved for these two kids. The rest of the train was jam packed with not even space to stand. I provided them with ample food and water for the whole journey so that they need not alight from the train in between the journey. And further, ensured that they had enough money to catch a bus / train from Chennai to Madurai. In between I contacted their parents and informed them and the children too talked with their parents. They reached home safely on 6th morning and called up to thank me. Deepawali went off with full apprehension that in case the contractor gets to know the whereabouts of these children and catches them in between, then what? But at the same time, I clang to the feet of BABA with full faith and prayed throughout and lighted diyas in their name at BABA s temple on Deepawali and BABA listened to all the prayers and made them reach home safely. Their parents are the most happiest with their children back home safely. Bolo JAI SAI NATH It is all HIS Leela otherwise why should the train be delayed and I miss the connecting train? Why should HE make me travel in the 3rd AC and the co passenger volunteering that she has booking till Rourkela? Why should I be reluctant to stay one more day at the intervening station? Why I opted for Jharsuguda instead of Rourkela? These things still brings Goosebumps in me. JAI SAI NATH

36 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba called me to Shirdi after 11 years By: Siddhartha This is Siddhartha from Bangalore. I would like to share my real life experience with my sadguru Sri Sai Baba who always resides in my soul. There is a saying - Man proposes but God disposes, this happened with me from March 1999 to till Oct Our family members are devotees of Sai baba & He is our home deity. We frequently travel to Shirdi since Those days Shirdi temple (Samadhi Mandhir) had no roof, the statue of Baba was amidst four pillars. My mother used to say that when I was one year old kid i.e., in 1983 I had played & moved around Sai Samadhi. However, I have no memory of this. Now I am 28yrs old. I had my experience with Baba during March 1999 (when I was in my 12th class). I did not know how it feels to have faith in Baba or any other God. I had just come with my parents to see the temple, though my sister and mother are regular visitors of Shirdi.

37 SAMARPAN Jan Days, months and years passed, I completed B.E & MBA. My attitude started changing like fighting with my sister, not listening to parents, showing signs of being proud etc., I did not even bow humbly in front of Sai picture. I also developed bad habits like eating suparis and consuming red wine, due to which I suffered from asthma. During February 2010, there was sudden change in me and I stopped consuming Supari and Wine. I cried in front of the picture of Sai asking him to give me darshan at Shirdi. People Said that Jab thak Sai kaa bulawa nahi aatha, you cannot step into Shirdi. I was wondering how I could impress my Lord Sai and repent for the mistakes and for the bad habits cultivated by me. It was then that I heard my inner voice asking me to read Sai Satcharitra. I started reading it and completed it 9 times in the month of July While reading this book I had a wish to read Sri Bhagawat Gita (Srimad Bhagavatham) in parallel. In the same week on Saturday I had been to Balaji Temple and after darshan, a devotee from ISKCON came to me selling Sri Bhagavad Gita. I was overwhelming with joy and out of utmost happiness started crying that Sai had heard my prayers. I immediately took the book started reading it along with Sai Satcharitra. One day my sister gave me Vishnu Sahasranama Book (1008 names of Lord Vishnu) and asked me to read it along with other books. I was not waiting for my call from Baba to go to Shirdi. On 1st Aug 2010 (Sunday) I had got my salary credited the previous day 31st July 2010(evening). I went to the ATM to withdraw money where I saw an advertisement visit Shirdi for 10% discount on travel. My joy knew no bounds. The same day I booked tickets for myself and my mother this was 3 months in advance. I was happy that he had decided to give darshan to me after 11 years. Finally the day of travel arrived, we reached kopargaon. From there we reached Shirdi, had the privilege of seeing the Dhoop arti it was indeed a wonderful experience. The same evening we booked a car for our Shanishinganapur trip the next day which was an auspicious day of Sankasta Chaturthi. It was Baba s plans to enable us to go there on this day to wash off our past Karma. After partaking the Prasad and purchasing some books from the Sansthan we thanked Sai for everything and took leave of him with a heavy heart, praying to him to give us the privilege of the next darshan at the earliest.

38 SAMARPAN Jan Shirdi Sai Miracle in my Life By: Preeti Chandrakar It is believed that, Shirdi Sai pulls his devotees from distance, even without their knowledge, due to the past life connection" and this was what exactly happened to me. This one is a real time experience in my life. I wanted to share this experience since a long time but somehow kept postponing. This happened during the year of 2004 December 26th, when tsunami hit India. I knew Sai Baba and had heard a lot about him from my relatives but was not involved in doing any kind of prayers till almost January Basically I am from Chattishgarh, which is very near to Shirdi. My father was a central government employee and was posted in Andaman & Nicobar islands and was at Port Blair (capital of A&N islands). He worked as a teacher in different islands from 1975 to 2008 and hence we (sisters & brothers) were brought up in A&N islands. When tsunami struck the islands, except for my parents and brothers, we sisters were in Bangalore. Coming to my experience with Baba it so happened that on 26th Dec 2004 (Sunday) at a.m I had a very peculiar dream (I have the habit of getting up early for doing my prayers since my childhood). I saw myself standing near a very huge water body in a village with many people around me with everyone being tensed and sad. On inquiring, I was told that soon, a very huge devil will appear from pond and will kill everyone in and around the village and also that there will be a huge destruction of life and property. On hearing this I was very sad and started crying thinking of my family (as I've mentioned that I was away from my family). All of a sudden I saw a tall old figure coming from a distance clad in a white dhoti, kurta and turban. He came near me and told in a very assuring tone - beta don't worry, nothing will happen to your family as I am here to save your family. Soon after this conversation I saw a very huge devilish figure arising from pond which caused a lot of panic in the area. Immediately I saw Baba in a very angry mood shouting and pointing to the devil asking him not to come into that particular area. The devil obeyed his orders and never approached the area. I got up with a lot of confusion and fear as people say that dreams seen during early morning hours do come true. I was also trying to recognize the person in my dream. I did my daily routine prayers that morning and then by 8 a.m I got a call from my sister s husband about the tragedy that struck A&N islands. I was speechless and shocked to hear. Immediately I started trying calling my parents, but there was no response (due to tsunami all the phone lines were

39 SAMARPAN Jan down). I kept trying for nearly 1 hour and at last my mother picked the call and told me that the people only people of that area were saved miraculously, but still the houses were completely destroyed. The houses were partially submerged in sea water. I would like to pin down some points for reader s consideration: Only I was able to call my parents and none from mainland (almost all my relatives, friends tried for more than a week but with no response). The colony where my house was situated is hardly a few meters away from sea but not even a single person died. We lost many friends in the nearby areas but my family was saved. After this tragedy during my evening walk with my friends I happened to visit a temple in J.P Nagar, Bangalore in the month of Jan Guess what...i saw the same person in my dream sitting on the throne and he was none other than Sai Baba. Since then I started believing in Sai Baba and I've been praying him daily all these years. Sai bless his devotees.

40 SAMARPAN Jan Fruits of Patience By: Anonymous I am writing this article today which I should have done long ago. When I am penning this down, I am a healed soul. All because of Baba's grace. Had he not come into my life, my life would have been pitiful as it was going few years back. Whatever I remember of my past, I would say I have 95% of bad memories. It s true that one's life is good or bad totally depending on the people around. And I had been unfortunate in having people around me who have just humiliated me. From the time I remember my life has started I have been facing humiliation, mockery and disrespect by people around me. Today when I have seen a lot and learned a lot I realize that those people are not so evolved and still have a lot to learn in life. But before I got this realization the damage had been done. Due to the unfavorable circumstances, I was put into every time, my confidence was completely shattered. On top of it, I was completely devastated when the person who let me believe, that he loved me and was there to support me, he too started avoiding me and just changed. Things at home were also not so good. The whole atmosphere around me was full of gloom. But I just kept moving on. I don't know how but I

41 SAMARPAN Jan think I had some unseen support which I never realized. That support I today call as God. It was only god who just took me through that time. Years passed by but my condition never changed. Then I got to know about Baba. The whole definition of God changed for me. I realized that there is a higher power that would help me unconditionally. That would not deceive me like people around me have done. I prayed deeply to Baba. One day I got the news that my workplace has shifted. This was a great surprise to me but I never realized that this was going to be the end of all the torture. But gradually, I started getting out of the bad atmosphere. New people around me were co-operative, kind and very understanding. I am at peace now, smiling under Baba's glory. All that I am today, I am because of him. Now I have a good position, high compensation and respect. All is due to Baba s blessings. I thank him from the bottom of my heart. I would say all these years that have been tough for me, were great learning to me. I have learned small but important lessons of life. I take special care now not to speak any word that might hurt anyone. I take care that I don't disrespect anyone knowingly or unknowingly. I want to be good to everyone around me. Even though I am at a high position, I take special care not to feel proud of it. I don't think anyone as lower or inferior to me. I owe all this to Baba. He is controlling my life. I thank him for giving me all this that I never thought I would have got. I am full of gratitude for him. He is everything to me. Om Sai Ram

42 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba s Darshan By: Anonymous SAI BABA - ALMIGHTY- is GREAT! Whosoever, whenever has asked something from SAI BABA, he has fulfilled his/her desire and wishes at an appropriate time. I and my family are Sai Baba devotees. I would like to share my one such experience with you all. Few years back, we had two-bedroom flat in the South Delhi and wanted to buy a three bedroom flat as our family grew. With the grace of Sai Baba, we bought a First Floor Flat comprised of three bedrooms with the separate balconies for each bedroom in South Delhi. Flat was constructed ten years back but was lying vacant and was never used by anyone till that date. We got some wood-work done in the new flat and also got constructed a Mandir in the flat where I installed Sai Baba Idol at centre. I also hanged the Baba's picture on the wall of the entrance door of the flat in such a way that one could picture of Sai Baba through the window of the staircase while standing right in front of the main entrance gate of that building on the road.

43 SAMARPAN Jan One day, during the Morning Prayer, I thanked Sai Baba for the new flat and just prayed to Sai Baba to come and see our new flat. What happened after that was not less than any miracle! Few days later, I was standing in front Balcony around 9.00 AM and was looking down towards the road. All of sudden, I saw an old man wearing white turban standing in the front of the entrance gate of the building selling vegetables in a basket on a bicycle. He was continuously looking towards the window of the staircase of the first floor from the road with a smile on his face. The moment I noticed him, he asked me - "Beta, Kya apko subzi leni hai?" (Son, do you want some vegetables). His voice was so clear as if he was standing near to me in the balcony of the First Floor. I Said -" No, I do not want to buy vegetables at the moment". Despite my reply, that old man continued to look towards the window of the staircase of the building. I got little bit upset, ignored him and went inside the flat. After some time, it struck me that the man could have been Sai Baba who had come to see our new flat as I had prayed to him. He was also looking towards the window of the staircase to see the Picture of Baba hanged on the wall of the entrance door of the new flat to convey me that he has come to see the new flat as I wanted and prayed. I had mixed feelings in my mind but was happy that Baba had come. At the same time, I cursed myself for not recognizing Him at that moment. Anyways, SAI BABA showed his presence and which reaffirms my faith in his saying that "JO MANGO MIL JAYEGA SHRADHA SACHI HOYE " You will get everything you want if you have true faith. Baba can do anything to fulfill the wishes/ desires of his devotees and can come in any form anywhere and at any time to his devotees whether he/she is able to recognize HIM or not. He is really great. May Sai Baba shower his blessings on every person on this earth! Jai Sai Ram.

44 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba My Guardian By: Rajesh.K. I have been devotee of Sai baba for long time now, my wife has been a staunch follower of Baba from her childhood. Sai s blessings have always been there with me all the time, but I realized it now that how baba has helped me on many occasions in my difficult times. The reason for writing my experience in this edition is to convey a message to all the devotees that just by remembering baba, all their sorrows will end and they will lead a happy life as Baba always listens to our prayers and helps us all the time. I would like to share one of experience with you all. I was working as a logistics Manager in a reputed organization in Kuwait. Last year in October, I received a termination letter from the company due to recession. It was a big shock for me as I never expected such thing to happen. I had to accept it as I had no choice. This incident made me feel depressed, but my wife told me to believe in Baba and think positive. We went to India for 15 days for a change. My house is situated in Shirgaon (Near Talegaon, Dist. Pune in Maharashtra). There I visited Sai temple. I prayed to Baba and returned back to Kuwait and started searching for job, but could not find one as per my Experience and Designation. Finally I accepted a job in sales. Though I never had done sales before, but I just prayed Sai and I got a message that I should take up this job as the situation demanded till I get a better opportunity. Due to Sai krupa I was doing well in my job but still it was hurting me from inside that I deserve better than this. Every day, I prayed to baba for a better opportunity. One day my wife told me to read Sai Charitra to fulfill my dream and get a good job. I started reading Sai chatitra and what a miracle on 4th day I got a interview call from a reputed company, on 6th day I cleared my interview and I was offered Managerial position with good perks. Very next day I signed contract with them. I finished my Sai charitra on 8th day and see the miracle how I got a better job within 8 days of reading Sai charitra exactly after one year of my struggle, as per Sai s saying Shraddha and Saburi worked for me in a right way. It was all Sai babas blessings that I got this opportunity again and as promised to baba we will be going to Shirdi very soon to take Sai darshan and get his blessings which I always do whenever I visit India. I assume Sai baba as my Guardian; and I have put my life in his hands so whatever happens in my life will be with Sai s blessings.

45 SAMARPAN Jan Our Baby - Baba s Blessing By: Venkat Sreekanth I am a software professional working in Bangalore. In 2007, I got married to a wonderful woman. After marriage we both decided not to have children for at least 1 year. 1 year passed and we decided to have children and we thought it would be simple but nothing happened as expected. Six months passed like that and we decided to check with the doctor. Doctor conducted few tests and she informed us that nothing wrong in both of us. We were happy in a way that there weren t any problem in both of us but days passed without any good news. My wife is a big devotee of Sai baba. She had told me that we have to visit Shirdi to have darshan of Sai Baba from the day of our marriage but I neglected her request for almost 1 and half years. Suddenly it struck in our mind and we immediately booked tickets and went to Shirdi. We stayed there for 2 days and really enjoyed Sai Baba s darshan 3 to 4 times. I was very happy seeing Sai Baba many times.i prayed to baba whole heartedly that we eagerly wanted to have child, particularly a baby girl. I requested baba that my mother is no more if my wife gives birth to a baby girl I will be very happy and it would be like my mother has returned. I also decided to keep my baby girl s name same as my mother s name. We returned back to Bangalore from Shirdi happily but the next day we both met with an accident. We survived with major injuries, at that time we both cried a lot, not knowing what to

46 SAMARPAN Jan do. We felt helpless thinking why it happened to us. I took leave from office for a week and we went to our home town to forget all those events. We came back and I joined office again. We both decided not to worry too much as baba is there for us. We were still praying to have our first baby. One day my wife s grandfather expired and she had to leave immediately and at that time we lost our hopes because we hardly met twice in that month. My wife went for a week to her hometown and I was all alone. To my surprise, after a few days my wife called me and Said she was pregnant. I was on seventh heaven. Immediately I went to temple and prayed baba that as per my request if my wife gives birth to a baby girl I will be very happy. As expected my wife gave birth to a baby girl. I kept my baby name as Sree Sai Rajeswari (Rajeswari is my mother s Name). We are very happy and we are enjoying a lot with our daughter. This all happened due to baba s grace. When I prayed to baba in Shirdi I wowed to Baba that I will get my baby to Shirdi when she will be 3 years old. In March 2011, we are going to visit Shirdi and I am very much excited. All I can say is if we surrender to baba, he will take care of us. Om Sai Ram.

47 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba's Blessings By: Kamal Vanjani Sai Baba has always been showering his blessings on all of us. I want to share one of my experiences with all Sai devotees. By Sai Baba s grace, I got a very high administrative position. We all were happy for this achievement. Slowly some old and some political matters started to arise. I thought to resign from that job. But I continued as per Sai s will. I got charged for 22 counts of uttering a false document. And that too for the period, even before I had started to work. I and my family were shocked to hear that. Those charges had nothing to do with me. But my position being a very high position and closely related to politics, I had to face those charges. I couldn t believe that I can be ever charged criminally. The day when I was charged was Thursday. I Said to Sai Baba please help me, it is your day and I am getting charged. But Sai Baba always says to have Shradha and Saburi. That s what we also had. Later on, I resigned from that job. Then we had to appear in the court. In court, every time it was adjourned. One whole year spent like this. Then on Oct 13th, 2010 we had the hearing. While going to the court, I asked Sai Baba to please finish my case today only. There were three more persons who were charged with me. On that day hearing was set for 3 persons. The magistrate adjourned the case for both of them on some future dates. Then it was my turn. My attorney started to discuss my case. Then the opposite prosecutor had to respond. He could not respond and he asked for more time. The case was adjourned till after noon. In afternoon, he responded by saying that he only had one thing to say. After he finished saying that, the Magistrate Said this is not uttering a false document. Then she looked at me and Said you are discharged. I was surprised and happy. I couldn t believe on my ears. Again she Said you are discharged. And by Sai Baba s grace my case finished without any problems. Although it took some time but we have to always remember Shradha and Saburi. Finally with Sai Baba s blessings everything became alright. I don t have enough words to thank Sai Baba for his greatness. Sai Baba please keep your blessing on all Sai devotees as always. Om Sai Ram

48 SAMARPAN Jan Obstructions vanish as we utter Sairam By: Vijaya Nallari By remembering Sadguru all the time obstructions caused by impediments will vanish and it is true in my small to smaller problems as wrote in my previous articles.today I and my family are in United States only because of Baba and under his guidance. As my profession is teaching I need him every second. As he stated in his sacharita that he can cross overseas for his devotees and yes he does and I can feel his presence and I am successful only because of his blessings and the fact that Baba is giving me strength and guiding me in my every step I need to walk. We came to know that there was big puja performance in Baba s temple in Richmond our family and my friends family wanted to visit Baba, however we lost our way and we were not getting correct location. I was worried that i would miss the puja. After 1 hour I could get my friend over phone and he came and guided us and finally we reached there when puja was still going on. I thanked Baba and I was very happy and that night we came back home late night. My husband woke me at 2.30 saying that see the shadow of Baba on the roof and I got up and saw the same and thought Baba apa ki Lela aparampar hai. As Baba says that He will always be with us and he once again proved that to me. Koti pranam and thank you for all that you have done for us. We all need you Baba, my family and many devotees need your blessing all the time please be with all of us and guide us to walk in correct path and please give me shradha and saburi Baba.

49 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba sent me a SMS By: Sri Ramya Patwari Sai Baba is my father who is always standing beside me. He gave me a number of experiences and here I would like to narrate two of his miracles which are really unforgettable. 1) 15th January is the day I was born on this earth. I believe Sai is my father and I wondered how would it be if Baba wishes me on my birthday? And I Said to myself that if baba really loves me he definitely will wish me. The same day evening, my two dear friends visited my house with a gift for me. When I opened it I saw a small baba s idol which left me speechlessly happy. My friend Said it s a very special idol as it is visible in darkness. Then around 7 pm we all went to Sai temple where there was no electricity when we reached and pandit ji placed the torch in such a way that baba s idol was glowing which made us joyful. Then we climbed the stairs of the temple leading to a meditation hall. Though there was no electricity I went near baba s portrait and prostrated. As soon as I leaned down I heard a voice saying Ramya, Wish you Happy Birthday. I and my friends were flabbergasted for a moment. Then came the power and I saw an elderly uncle wishing someone on his mobile, after which he left. I was happy with tears in my eyes and it s hard to explain all that I felt. I know my father Sai loves me and he fulfilled my wish. Moreover, I got my first job as a software trainee in a reputed company in the same month.

50 SAMARPAN Jan ) My husband is in Australia and it was in August 2010 when I was eagerly waiting for my visa to Australia. One fine day I was reading the Samarpan magazine July 2010 edition where a devotee narrated her experience of receiving Sai Baba s SMS at the same time when she needed it and that SMS helped her. I wondered how fortunate that woman would have been who received an SMS which took away her confusion. At night I went to bed and at nearly 3.00 am I received an SMS. I woke up to read it and was again amazed to read the message which Said before going abroad come to Dwarakamai. I saw the sender was my father-in-law whom I call baba. Immediately I went to his bedroom and saw he was awake. I asked did he sent me an SMS, to which he replied that yes he saw Sai Ji in his dream and Sai asked him to send this message to me. I was as moved as I could when at the same time my mother-in-law also received an SMS as Shradha and Saburi will make one s life shine. Actually my father-in-law is unaware of how to operate mobile phones and he said he did not know how he typed this SMS. Sai Baba can do anything. He can take any form to save his children and bind their faith. Nothing is impossible for him and he is always there for his devotees. Then I got my Visa on August 28th and we went to Shirdi and took baba s darshan. Now I am in Australia with my husband living life happily. Om Sai Ram.

51 SAMARPAN Jan What If That Man Met You? By: Mythili.K There was a man, who was so filled with despondency that he decided to commit suicide. He started his long walk across the city towards the bridge, which was to be his jumping off place. However, he promised himself that if he met one smiling, happy, friendly-looking person on the way, he would turn back from his harsh errand. Oddly, the story ends without answering the question as to whether or not he could save his life. The tale however poses a question, one of those haunting personal questions which pop into the mind now and then. If that man had met you, would he have turned back and taken up his life with a measure of courage? Well, would he? The smile, that is really genuine, is something but springs from within. It will not only enhance our appearance but will enrich our lives and also the lives of those with whom we come into contact. You will never know whose life will be ignited with your smile! Or else, well, you might be creating a crack in the world outside.

52 SAMARPAN Jan Baba Continues to Bless Me By: Anjana Aluri This article is one of my offerings to Baba and its my first letter to him as I promised him that I shall write one. I share a very long lasting relationship with my beloved Sai. He is my friend, philosopher and a guide who has always helped me in time of need and is continuing to do so even today whenever he feels that I need his help. Although, as human beings we are all courageous and strive to get what we want, but without our Guru's blessings and will, nothing in this life can proceed. Baba heard my wants and needs and he has started to award my prayers now. I usually pray to him every moment and remember him 24/7 in everything that I do irrespective of good/bad times. I thank him for getting me married to a nice person and now I thank him for blessing me with a child who is soon coming in this world. Having children is a blessing, becoming a mother is even more. The first kick the child makes in his/her mother's womb is a re-assurance that miracles happen every day and without God's kindness, it cannot happen. My husband and myself never planned to have kids this year 2010, as I wanted to start working and proceed with my career because I am quite ambitious. But as it is mentioned in Sai Satcharitra also that "Man proposes God disposes" and as soon as I completed my Sai Vrat, I found out I am pregnant. My child is yet to be born as due date is near and I have taken it as a sweet blessing and an affirmation to my prayers. I asked baba for some other things too and I believe that if we have firm faith in our Guru Sainath, he blesses us with everything at the right time and with his blessings we ll get the Green Card this year along with the baby. I am confident that by next year after my baby is born, he will give me a decent job again in a field of my choice. I am being patient for all his continued blessings and I will write back soon after I have a safe delivery and when I get back to work. Sai have given me beautiful parents and sister that I ll be highly obliged to him all my life. Hurdles are always there in life but I know because my faith in him has never faltered, he remained with me all the time. He continually sent me messages which kept me away from the evil. Babaji bless all your firm believers and put us all on right path and continue to hold our hands as we all love you very much and place our firm trust and patience in you.

53 SAMARPAN Jan Satsang, Sadhana and Seva make our Faith Stronger By: Jyoti Kakkar More happiness we share with others, more happiness we experience around us. Do you agree with me here? Just think and if you agree, only then accept. One can travel the whole world, but only in the Indian tradition you will see that even when the best of knowledge is spoken, one says, You think about it, only if you find it s right, then accept it. You don t have to work very hard to achieve love and peace in your life; this is easily achieved in a state of rest and such rest we can experience when there are no small botheration's lingering in the mind. Then you experience deep rest; and desires linger in your mind when you do not have faith. When you are thirsty then only the desire for water arises, but what will happen if you sit and think about water all day? Do you understand what I am saying? What does desire mean? A lack of faith that I am going to get what I need. So with satsang, sadhana and seva, our faith becomes very strong and all work gets done like it s getting done in your lives right now.

54 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Experiences By: Madhu Moorti T K Sai personally escorted me and guided me to Shirdi. I was pulled by Sai Baba in the year In that year I wanted to go to Shirdi but could not accomplish due to reasons known only to Sai. One day when I went to the market, I casually saw the reservation counter board in the railway station. I went to the counter and booked my tickets to Shirdi and thus incidentally my first trip got fixed. I reached Pune at mid night [a place about which I did not know anything] and took an auto, asked the driver to drop me at the bus stop from where buses ply to Shirdi. He did take me and dropped me at a stop where there were only 3 other passengers waiting, it being mid night. He told me that the last bus to Indore stops there and that will go to a place called Nagar from where I will get buses to Shirdi. The bus came in about 20 minutes and I boarded the same. Though there were a few seats, I went to the last row and sat near a moulvi who was wearing a kupni like Baba and a cap and beard. At that moment I was not aware of these things. My only concern was to reach Shirdi safely. After travelling for about an hour or more the conductor stopped and asked me to get down. The moulvi sitting next to me immediately told the conductor Why are you asking him to get down here. He wants to go to Shirdi and this is not the right place. Go further I will tell you where to stop. The bus proceeded for another 20 minutes. He asked the conductor to stop the bus and along with me he also got down. He walked with me in that wee hour and at a four road junction he showed me a lonely auto at a distance and advised me to go to him and Said he will take to the bus stand from where I will get buses to Shirdi. I went to the auto driver and he Said Aayiye sab betiye as if it was arranged by Sai himself to take me in that wee hour. He dropped me at the bus stand and from there I got a bus to Shirdi. Why I sat near the Moulvi? I do not know. Why the Moulvi guided me at the right time? Why he also got down along with me? I do not know. All through my deep concern and fear at that untimely hour that I have to reach Shirdi safely made my eyes closed to all the divine things happening around me. I had a fulfilled darshan and came back to Chennai. Only after coming to Chennai did I realize all that had happened. This is all Sai leela. Thus Sai Baba had personally escorted me and guided to Shirdi during my first trip. He came along with me and I was totally unaware. Sai Maharaj would not let down his ardent devotees

55 SAMARPAN Jan I heard about Chitlapakkam Sai Temple and immediately started to go there. I got down at Sanatorium railway station and enquired about the location. I understood that it is a bit long to walk so I wanted to engage an auto. But to my utter dismay the fare demanded by them was much more than my budget. It was around 10 am and a hot day in the month of May. I decided OK! Let me walk.. Sai will surely show a way. No sooner than I made a few steps, a scooter came and stopped before me with an old man riding. He Said please come. I sat on the pillion and he went straight near the temple and dropped me there and went away. I did not ask for lift, nor did I tell him where I wanted to go. How this happened? And for what this happened? And who was he who came in that scooter? I do not know. Only thing I know is my devotion has been accepted by Sai Baba and am being guided by him. That is all. Sai Maharaj is always with me in my life I resigned my permanent job in the year 2003 due to poor performance of the company and bleak future. Since then I have not been in a job for more than 6 months to 1 year. This is happening because I am basically spiritual oriented and I love to go to temples and spiritually charged ashrams, Great seers Samadhis etc.,. rather than sitting in an office and earning money. So, I earn a little, go round to temples for a few months and then come back. I pray to Baba for a job and invariably he would bless me with one. I has been 7 years like this and till this day Sai Baba has been showing me one way or the other to earn some money to keep me going. I am not professionally or highly qualified person but a very honest and hard working individual. I never even think of doing harm to others. I consider myself blessed my Baba since I always feel he is with me all my life. Om Sai Ram

56 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Deedaar By: Anisha Saluja Teri goad mein sar rakh kar Sone ko tarasti hoon Teri aankhon ki chamak mein Ghul jane ko tarasti hoon Tere charno mein baith aasish pane ko tarasti hoon Abb to bata Sai kyun tujhse chahat itni karti hoon Maloom hai har pal Sath tu mere hota hai Har ik karam par mere Sai nazar tu rakhta hai Raah sahi na ho to Uss raah se tu kheench leta hai Aur phir mere kadmo ko Sahi raah tu dikhla deta hai Jab girne lagun main kabhi Mujhko tu utha leta hai Mere sar par haath tu rakh kar Phir pyar se sehla deta hai Jab roti hain ye aankhen Unme deep tu jala deta hai Mere girte hue aansuon ko Moti tu bana deta hai Udaas ho kar jab dekhun teri aur Ek vishwaas tu jaga deta hai Dikhla kar apni leelaayen

57 SAMARPAN Jan Mujhe aur kareeb tu kar leta hai Kehta hai tu mujhse Teri chahat hogi puri Bharle tu apni jholi mein Shraddha aur Saburi

58 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Baba Kuch Kah Rahe Hai By: Shakti - Jyothi JAI SAI RAM WHY fear when i am here? I am formless and every where I am the slave of my devotee. Stay by me and keep quiet I will do the rest WHAT is our duty? To behave properly That is enough Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind I am always aware of everything you do I will not allow my devotees to come to harm Those who think that Baba is only in Shirdi have totally failed to know me Without my grace, not even a leaf can move I look on all with an equal eye I cannot do anything without God s permission God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast I have to take care of my children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased Do not bark at people and don t be aggressive, but put up with others complaints Whoever withdraws their heart from wife, child, and parents and loves me, is my real love Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin Have faith and patience Then I will be always with you wherever you are.

59 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Blessed My Daughter to Get Married By: Savithri Ganesh I am working in a Public Sector Undertaking and blessed with a nice husband, boy and a girl child. This is about few years back when my colleague returned from Shridi and gave me a photo of Sai which I placed above a cupboard and never ever worshipped him. There was a tough phase in my life when I was suffering with ill health and problems kept cropping up in my home one after the other which left me vexed. My daughter was refusing and postponing all the marriage proposals. At that time my sister, after completing her Thursday s 9 week fasts, came to me with the fasts book and asked me to perform the fasts keeping faith on Sai. I prayed to Sai wholeheartedly and leaving my daughter s life at his feet I started my fasts. At the fifth week of my fasts, a marriage proposal was finalized which left me spellbound and I cried as I saw Sai ji s photo in their car. I thanked baba as i know that he only bought them to me. In the ninth week of my fasts my daughter got married. At the day of marriage I was nervous for not keeping baba s photo anywhere in the marriage ceremony, but when I saw the photographer carrying baba s photo at the entrance of the hall I was shocked but immensely happy. He blessed me by coming and till date, I am continuing praying him and with his blessings my son secured good marks in his board examinations. Later on he was admitted to a reputed engg. college. I engage Sai in all my activities; I share my life s events with him before going to bed. I advise the sufferers in life to share their problems with Sai and stay blissful.

60 SAMARPAN Jan My Experience with Baba By: Jyothi Om Hari Sri Ganapathayae Namahha OM SHIRDI SAINATHAYA NAMAH Anannthakoti salutations to Sri Sainath from the bottom of my heart. I don t know how to express my sincere thanks to you for your miracle. You had shown the path and have guided me always. I feel the presence of you always in me. Please never deprive me of your blessings. I have a loving brother who loves me, cares for me. I too love him, care him as I can. My brother is married and has 2 children one in 4th std and the other in 1st std. I am also married, I have a daughter studying in 6th std. I believe in Shirdi Baba and whenever I have time I sit and chant. My brother was having fever, cold and cough, and as it is not such a serious illness, as it comes we take medicine and we get relief. After two weeks, my brother started feeling and looking tired, dizzy and was not having proper food. He said that he was not feeling hungry and didn t like to have food. Even if he tried he was unable to have to his fill, and was always getting angry. Then suddenly after the weekend I came to know that my loving brother was in ICU. But did not know for what reason he was in ICU. But suddenly I realized that I have to pray for him and his family. I logged into the site and Baba answered my prayers, looking at it started praying to you Baba and requested to cure him and be with him. You replied to me that I have started my work, pray sincerely believe me he will be cured. Also asked me to contribute Rs.25 to the needy. Working with me I have a newly joined peon whose husband died and is having

61 SAMARPAN Jan children one in Lkg and the other in 1st. standard. She has no one else to console other than her mother in law. She has told me that as she has to join for duty at 7.30 am and to leave home by 7 in the morning to reach. She wakes up her children early gets them ready for the school and they are taken to the school by her co-sister. I gave the money to her. I never knew what was wrong with my brother and acquiring strength and courage I enquired his wife about him. She told me that he was in such a bad condition and was unconscious when she brought him and was admitted to the ICU. The tests were conducted and were found that the platelet count was very low that his condition was very critical. He would have not survived. I was very shocked and remembered your words Baba that you have started your work on him. I really believe in you Baba and that you had cured him and brought him back to his life. He was given four times intravenous injections and he was kept in the hospital for eight days. Then he was sent back home and after seven days again he had test,. The tests were conducted and the platelet count had improved variably well, but he couldn t meet the main doctor. Next day he went to meet the doctor and the doctor Said that he has improved and can join for duty back. All this happened and only because of you Baba. I request you Baba that you be with him and let him improve to that extent as he was earlier. Now also he looks pale and not that healthy. If at all any bad habits are there in him Baba I pray to you that let that be removed from his mind and keep him pure. He is a person very good at heart. As you have shown your miracle on him I pray to you Baba that you be available always for the poor and the needy.

62 SAMARPAN Jan Miracles of Sree Sainath in My Life By: Bindu Balakrishnan Mathilakath First of all I should thank Sai Baba for giving me an opportunity to write about him by showing miracles in my life. I would like to narrate a few incidents that took place in my life about 10 years back and also the incidents that took place recently. All these incidents relate to my husband's job. We were at Chennai 10 years back. My husband although being an honest worker was earning a small amount. We were somehow running our family as we were with our parents. But after some days our elders were planning to shift to our native place. We were in a state of confusion as to what to do next as our salary was not enough to have a rented house and moreover my daughter was also growing and she had to be admitted to a school. I was praying to all God s. Whenever I get time, I used to visit Sainath's temple at Mylapore. Once I saw an advertisement in a newspaper regarding a company calling people for interview. I just applied and to my surprise my husband was called for interview. He was selected with a higher post and also with a salary of more than three folds that too at our native place. We at once shifted happily there. Time passed slowly life changed I was also employed, even though we had a photo of Sai Baba in our pooja room, I just worshiped him as I worship all Gods. We purchased a new flat and as usual we also received some gifts from our relatives and friends. Among the gift was a beautiful idol of Sainath, which meant that even though I forgot him, he still remembered his devotees. I just took and felt it should be placed in my showcase facing the entrance of my flat. After a year my husband again faced a situation where he was held liable for a wrong activity of his subordinate and ultimately he had to resign from his current job, though I was employed, my salary all alone was not enough to run the family and to remit my EMI's, at this time while suffering I came across a site of Sai Baba and slowly I was drawn to him as earlier and began to believe that he will surely help me in this regard. I prayed daily and started my Guruvar vrath now this is my 4th Vrath and my husband got a job with hike in his salary and that too at our native place. He comes home daily spends time with us. I am thankful to our beloved Sai baba for the support given to us whenever we needed. Now I pray to our Baba that he should always shower his blessings on us as of now and also in future and pray to him that we should always have a heart to worship him till our last time. May baba bless every one.

63 SAMARPAN Jan My Holy Path towards SAI By: Heena Saboo When I first read the Samarpan edition I at once made up my mind that when I ll conquer all my tribulations, I ll share my experiences I had with Sai in Samarpan. Many a times I thought of writing but I lacked guts to write and then there were always some setbacks and unending worries but today I couldn t stop myself of sharing it here. When I first heard of Baba, I thought he might be a Muslim farishta. Days went on and one fine day my dear friend told me about him in short but still there wasn't any attraction. At walking distance from my house there is a nice Sai temple and on 11th October 2008, day of my birth, I thought it to be a good idea to start the day by visiting temple, be it of Sai only. Then early morning I geared up my day with him, keeping all wishes in my heart, that a girl thinks of, nice husband, family, financially sound, career growth etc. One thing was unusual that day, I sat on Dwarakamai and wept like a child. I know I am an emotionally weak person but that day I had

64 SAMARPAN Jan no reason to cry till my phone rang. He was my newly associated colleague giving birthday wishes. You ll be surprised to know that I begged Sai to bless me with a good husband and later on this guy who wished me became my husband. Then my curiosity grew. I was keen to know how Baba came to this earth, where he is now, what he did etc. I then went to Shirdi and bought Sai Satcharitra. When I went to Shirdi for the first time, Baba solved one of my major problem, it wasn't a miracle but he gave me strength to fight for my desire. Next year when he called me another problem was answered. And this year when I went to him he got me married to the person I wanted. Everything was good by his grace. Me and my husband were becoming more devoted to Sai ji, we prayed together, did charity in terms of money, clothes and food to needy people. We tried to help as many people as we can. This became our nature, though we are not financially strong but whatever little we could do we did. May Sai bless all his children with so much that no hungry and needy should return from any one's home bare handed. It is since last September that I am annoying Sai Baba, claiming him to be responsible for all that happened to me and my brother. I lost him in an accident. He was young, innocent and very close to me, almost like my son. He too had started following Sai Baba. He was a kind hearted human being but I don t know why Sai did this to us. When everything was settled why such a breakdown? My brother was the key person behind my marriage. He was young but still acted as a big brother. I stopped reading Sai Sacharitra and stopped praying to him. There are number of miracles done by Sai but no miracle happened for my brother s life. I broke his idol, but my husband bought a new one. Whosoever is reading this I request you to give me courage to worship and believe in Baba again. I still love him from bottom of my heart but my brother s face come in front of my eyes when I try to worship Sai. My brother s innocence smile asks me why Sai ji didn t helped. I want to get near to Baba again with same love and affection. Please help me in regaining my faith. I am like a lost person.

65 SAMARPAN Jan Can There Be Someone Else? By: Anshu He has always been, he will always be Then why can t through his eyes can the world we see? He has always been, he will always be He has no one else other than we He has always protected, he will always do Then why don t we do what he has said us to? He has always protected, he will always do Then why do we fear the circumstances that just grew? He has always cared, he will always care Then how can we think he can be unfair? He has always cared, he will always care Then in his company how can we feel despair? We are dear to him, as dear as eyes Then how can we trust not him but the world full of lies? We are dear to him, as dear as eyes What else can be the matter that he comes in disguise He has always guided, he will always guide Then how can we think that he will not be by our side? He has always guided, he will always guide Then how will he not hold us when we slide? He has always given, he will never expect What we have to do is to follow and accept He has always given, he will never expect I will have faith in him and he shall never reject.

66 SAMARPAN Jan My Lord Helped My Family in the Hour of Need By: Shivaprasad Bolar I would like to share my personal experience and convey to my dear brothers & sisters that it is only God, the almighty, alone who can help us at the time of distress. I would commence my writing by thanking all the Gods/Goddess I pray daily. I was working for a Multi National Company with high dreams & ambitions in life. To my surprise one day my Boss asked me to quit and I helplessly did. Then for the next three months I was jobless, I tried all opportunities, contacted friends but all in vain. One day my astrologer asked me to visit Kukke Subramanya, which is 65 kms from Mangalore, to have darshan of the Lord with my family. It was on my birthday that I had his darshan. We all were travelling back from Subramanya when I received a call from my previous office stating that I have to report on 10th January. Neither I nor my family could believe all that happened. It certainly was a blessing and miracle of the Lord Subramanya. In those three months of turmoil & anxiety when I was jobless, I got a chance to meet Guruji Madhuswami who handed Sri Sai Sacharitra to me. I and my wife made a habit of reading it daily. And till date whatever I have achieved in my job is a miracle and blessing of Shirdi Sai Ram. I am sure that Guruji and Sai Ram will always be with me till my last breath. Now, my immediate dream is to visit Shirdi and seek blessings of Sai Ram. I wish to seek solace in him and may he bless my dear mother who is bed-ridden for the past four months. May he keep his boon bestowing hands on our family s head and help me in clearing of the debts incurred. Last but not the least believe that anything asked from Sai Ram with sincere and devoted heart is given by him.

67 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Shows Me the Right Way By: P. Maheshwaran I like to share one of my experience of Sai that how He showers his blessings to his children. I had faced so many mental upsets for the past one month in my working place due to some problems. It disturbs me and makes me worried very much. I had prayed Sai, our GURU, to resolve the problems. I continuously remember HIS words Faith and Patience. I had also attended some interviews to change my job. Every day I had checked my mail, to see whether there was any call letter from any company. One fine day I had received a mail from Sai baba forum regarding inviting articles for magazine. The next mail I had received was an offer letter from one of the leading company. I am not able to explain Sai s mercy on me. Nowadays, problems faced by me in my present working company have also reduced. It s all due to Sai s wishes. The words of Sai Shraddha and Saburi always keep us alive.

68 SAMARPAN Jan Sai Taught Me the Right Way to Live Life By: Urvashi Singh JAI SAI RAM..!! With the permission from my Sadguru "Shree Sai nath maharaj" I am sharing my experience with Him. It has been just one year for me being as Sai devotee. But I and my family have realized lots of changes in my behavior, thoughts and speech. Sai has transformed me completely from bad to good. He has made me truthful, kind and soft spoken. He has taught me to empathise, to have respect for everybody, to avoid violence and bad company, to give importance to everyone, to be honest and caring and to walk on the path of truth. Sometimes I feel, as if he loves me as his grandpa, and sometime he cares me as my Maa & Papa. On the same time he teaches me as Sadguru or teacher and when I do something wrong, he punishes me to learn lesson from that and take promise from me not to repeat that again. He made me to keep my Ego in his pious feet. He is always with us in our thick and thin. He watches everything whatever we do. He is omnipresent and omniscient. We got this human form as a result of our "Good Karmas" in our past births, so make proper use of this, i.e. do something good for others if you are unable to do something good for others than do not do bad ( dig pits for other) at least. If we are truthful and good, than only we would be able to get Babaji's grace, than only he would be with us. At last I want to have a request to Babaji. "Deva you have given me a lot, but now I just want to have a little space in your pure and pious feet always, so that I can spend my remaining life serving you (in your Chatra chaya). Baba i want to give you a present, but I do not find anything like this, because nothing is mine but all is yours, so what can I present you-money, food, clothing, my breaths-no, these things are already yours, u have just given me these things on rent to pursue this life. So Baba I do not have anything to present you except my heart (Mann). Baba now just is with us and keeps giving your grace to everybody, as we all need it. Bow to Sai and Peace to all JAI SAI RAM...!!!!

69 SAMARPAN Jan Baba came in White Attire By: Archana I have too much to talk about my Lord Sai Baba. He is the ultimate truth, the ultimate reality, which if somebody understands and surrenders to would find himself to be the most fortunate one to do so. My faith in baba took birth in year 2008 when my mother gave me Sai Sacharitra to read. My mind was absolutely absorbed in him and I only thought of Shri Sai Nath every time. I daily prayed to him to let me step on soil of Shirdi, his divine place. I was seeking his permission to let me come there. I used to read one chapter and request him to call and one glad day my friend visited me and as she saw baba's picture in my house, she asked me if I would like to join her to Shirdi. My God, my hair stood on ends, I kept gazing at her and at once agreed. And on the occasion of Ramnavami I was in Shirdi for 5 days and I felt blessed. Ramnavmi happens to be birthday of baba and he invited me to his function. Next, there was a gathering of around 7 lakh people and getting his darshan at Samadhi Mandir would take some 4-5 hours in the queue. On reaching hotel, my friend got in touch with a VVIP lady who had no restrictions and could enter from the VVIP gate and meet Sai ji. Then we left from the hotel and we were amazed when with the help of that unknown lady, we had

70 SAMARPAN Jan baba s darshan in 5 minutes. I completed Sai Sacharitra in Dwarakamai. Baba blessed me sufficiently. I thank him from the core of my heart and I always bow my head onto his lotus feet for his love and care. Financially I have gained quite a lot, I can drive and I am quite adjusted at my office too. My children are also equally devoted to Baba. My 7 years old daughter prays to him and applies vibhuti on her forehead before leaving for school. Once on our trip to Shimla in summers she was bored in the train and asked me to sing bhajans. As I was restless she asked me to sing after her. She sung a song created in her own tune where she was pleading baba for his darshan. She sung she would carry food, water and press his arms, legs and feet and I was repeating the same after her. I was touched by her song and I wondered if baba would be listening he would be happy to hear such a wish by a little child. After an hour we got down at Kalka station where we hired a taxi for Shimla. Just after few minutes our taxi started my son shouted Mama Sai Baba. We all turned around and saw a heavenly figure in white beard and white attire like of baba s. His clothes and his holy feet were extremely fair and his head was covered with white cloth. He was carrying a satka, kamandal and a jholi. He was walking bare feet and we kept gazing at him. Then I asked my family to bow their heads before him and he smiled, lifted his hands and blessed us. After few minutes, we could not find him anywhere. I felt real happiness but I was sad that why didn't I got down of the car and met him. I will repent this my entire life. Baba loved children and he came down to earth to make my daughter Rishika happy. Her faith in Baba has become stronger since then. May he bless all his devotees.

71 SAMARPAN Jan Nine fasts in Sai s name By: Aparna I have been blessed with a baby girl after I took up the nine weeks Sai ji s fasts. I always seek his blessing and thank him from core of my heart. His miracles which i have experienced are innumerable and unfathomable. Sai Vrat is really effective. The following is the procedure for Sai s fasts for those who don't know how to perform it. Below are the points to be kept in mind while doing Sai Baba Vrat: 1. Any woman, man or child can take up this fast. 2. This fast can be performed by any person without any difference of caste and creed. 3. This is a very miraculous fast. Desired fruits are obtained by doing it for 9 Thursdays according to the rules. 4. Fast can be started on any Thursday by taking Sai Baba's name. One should pray to Sai Baba with complete devotion for the fulfillment of the desire for which the fasting is done. 5. Sai Baba must be worshipped in the morning or in evening. Sai Baba's photograph must be placed on a yellow cloth. Clean the photograph with clear water. Chandan tilak (sandalwood) and kumkum must be applied to the photograph of Sai Baba. Yellow coloured flowers or garland must be offered to Sai Baba, incense sticks and lamp must be lighted and then the main story of the fast must be read. Sai Baba's name must be

72 SAMARPAN Jan remembered and then prasad must be distributed (prasad may consist of a some sweet or fruits). 6. This fast can be performed by eating only fruits (milk, tea, sweet, etc may be consumed) or it may also be done by taking lunch or dinner. Remember that the fast should not be done by not eating anything. 7. If possible one must go to Sai Baba temple and if it is not possible then Sai Baba must be worshipped at home with complete devotion. 8. This fast can be continued even if one is out of his/her own town. 9. During this fasts if women are going through menses or if by any reason one Thursday is missed, then that Thursday must not be taken into consideration for 9 Thursdays. Another Thursday must be taken into consideration and then concluding ceremony must be performed. Procedure for concluding ceremony: 1. On 9th Thursday the fast is concluded. Five poor people must be fed (as per economic condition). 2. To increase the importance of Sai Baba and this fast 5, 11 or 21 (as per economic condition) Sai Baba vrat books must be distributed among family and friends. In this way the fast is concluded. 3. In the concluding ceremony, by distributing baba s fast books increases grace of Sai and we get his blessings. 4. On the 9th Thursday the books which are to be given to our family members and friends, must be kept while performing ceremony and then it must be distributed so that others and ours desire are fulfilled. Sai Baba devotees have a strong belief that anyone who does this fasts according to the above procedure and concludes it in the same manner as stated here, Sai Baba fulfills all their desires. Sai Baba Vrat Story: A woman named Kokila lived in a city with her husband Maheshbhai. Both of them loved each other. But Maheshbhai s nature was quarrelsome. He did not have sense of speaking. Neighbours were fed-up with Maheshbhai s nature, but Kokila was a religious woman. She had immense faith in God and she suffered everything without uttering a single word. Gradually her husband s business declined and the earnings became negligible. Now Maheshbhai did not go anywhere and stayed back at home. Moreover he was drawn to wrong path. Now his quarrelsome nature increased two folds. One day during afternoon, an old man came and stood in front of the house of Kokila. He had a stirring glow on his face. He demanded dal-chaval (lentil-rice). Kokila gave to the old man what

73 SAMARPAN Jan he demanded and folded her hands before him. The old man Said may Sai bless you with happiness. Kokila Said there is no happiness in my fate and narrated everything about her unhappy life to the old man. The old man explained her all about the Sai Baba fasts for 9 Thursdays. Kokila did the fasts for 9 Thursdays, distributed Sai vrat books and fed the poor on 9th Thursday. All the quarrels in her home disappeared. There was complete happiness as Maheshbhai s nature had changed. His business now came back on track. In a short period, their economic condition also improved and everything became fine. Both husband and wife started living their life happily. One day Kokila s brother-in-law and his wife came to their home from Surat. Casually talking they told Kokila that their children do not study well. They have failed in exams. Kokila told them about the importance of Sai Baba s fasts for 9 thursdays and Said that by worshipping Sai Baba their children would be able to study well and for that you must have deep faith in Sai Baba. Sai Baba helps everybody. She explained them the procedure for the fasts. After few days Kokila received a letter from her brother-inlaw s wife that her children do Sai fasts and have started studying hard. She herself kept the fasts and distributed the books in her husband s office. She added that due to baba s fasts her friend s daughter s marriage was fixed in a very nice family. Moreover her neighbor s ornament box was lost somewhere. As a result of Sai Vrat someone came and returned the box after two months. In this way such miracles happened. Now Kokila came to know that Sai Baba is really great. O Sai Baba please shower your blessings on us as you have showered on others.

74 SAMARPAN Jan Aaj Guruvaar Hai - Bhajan By: Sima Bhavsar Aaj Guruvaar hai, mere Sai ka vaar hai Sai ki bhakti mein, sara din guzaar hai Sai naam japte raho, Sai Sai kahte raho Sai naam ke bina, jeena hi bekaar hai Shirdi mein dhoom machi, Sai ki pukar hai Bhakti ka shor hai, ghanto ki aawaz hai Swaro ki dhun mein, bhakto ki pukar hai Aaj guruvaar hai, mere Sai ka vaar hai Darshan pane ke liye, bhakto ki kataar hai Prasad pane ke liye, bhakto ki bhid-bhar hai Darshan pane ke liye, mann bekaraar hai Sai ki jai bolo, unki mahima aprampaar hai Sai ka naam lo, varna jeena bekaar hai Bhola sa roop hai, par shakti appaar hai Aaj guruvaar hai, mere Sai ka vaar hai Sai ka naam loge, to sapna saakar hai Aaj Guruvaar hai, Aaj guruvaar hai

75 SAMARPAN Jan Baba Helped in Switching on my Computer By: Palak Vishal Baba has always been with all of us and is ever bestowing his blessings on us. Blessed are those who experience his miracles, and the others get blessed by reading with devotion the miracles shared by others. Before I start narrating, I would place my heartfelt thanks in baba s feet for being with me, my family, and helping us in this journey called life. I seek his blessings to narrate this small incident which happened to me. Few days back I wanted to use my personal computer which required the F1 key to be pressed to start with the settings to be loaded. The moment I switched on the computer, I realized that the keyboard was not functioning, though the power key of keyboard was showing the light. I restarted my system, checked out all the wire connections, which were fine, but the problem still existed. I tried the process four to five times without any success. In the end I prayed to baba in my mind that now it is you who have to do something and see that the system works. Immediately my mind asked me to change the wire settings of the mouse and keyboard. Although I had casually checked it earlier, I now plugged out both the wires and changed their positions, and it was a miracle of Sai that the keyboard started functioning. I thanked him for helping me in switching on the computer and I could start my work. I pray that Baba, keep blessing us and showing us your miracles.

76 SAMARPAN Jan तन पर न By: Surekha तन पर र पर प न त उ र न प नर पर त र र आ र ग र र र न र नर आ त आत न नभ त न न र र भग न भ त न त भ र न त भ प र ग न र र न न न र प ग ग न न त र त न ई, न, न ग

77 SAMARPAN Jan त न न र न भ भ ए ई त न भ भ न तर तन त त रत रत र त र न उ ग न न र

78 SAMARPAN Jan र पत ए भगत आ By: Sabina Bablani न र न भग न, न न भ र, र ए, र आप प, ग, न इ र, न न न, र भ त ई, आ न त ग र ए..., न न, र न त, र र प र, आ न र न भग न र ए... र आ, र नत ग न, ए आ र आर भग न, र आप, आ र ए..., प प ग र, ए र न न, आ र, र त र भग न, र ए...

79 SAMARPAN Jan र By: Arun Saxena त र त र र र -२ पर प र तर पर प र पर र र पर र र -2 त र त र २ र र तर आ -२ न त ग त भ न न त न तर प -2 न र न र र र त र त र आ र आरत तर र र -2 र ई तर रत र र -2 न र न र र र त र त र ए र तर र प आ र र ए -2 न न प प त प ए -2 न र न र र र -2 त र त र -2

80 SAMARPAN Jan न प र ए, प र By: र न प र ए, प र न न र, न, न त इ, न न त, न ई न इ र, न प -पर, न त- न, न न न, न प प न, न र प न तर ग प भ, आएग त, न ग र इ र, र प ग, र ग, न र ग भ, र ग र इ, भ न त ग, तर र र, न ग, तर त, - प र ग, न र ग न प प-प, न र ग त - -भ ग न

81 SAMARPAN Jan न, न त र, तर त न भ, र न ऊ,, भ त, पन प ग र तर, न त प, ए प तर त, त र, ए तर र त इ, न प र, इ प र

82 SAMARPAN Jan भ त प र, र By: TR. Madhavan तर भ त र उतर न l तर भ त, भ त र प न l l नत नए भ त आत, उ भ त न पन l इ भ त पर भ तर प प न l l प प न ई प एग l इ ग ई त आन l l तर न पन पर गत ए र, तर र न त न l l प र तर न प र प, न ग l तर इतन र, न रन प भ गग l l तर र भ त न त l प न तर रत l l ग ग तर गग l र भ त तर प प एग l l नत ग, l प प न न न र प त l l ग न प त न ई आएग l l

83 SAMARPAN Jan न त ( र ) By: Arti Sehgal र न त आप र त भ र आप आप र न आप प र आप रन - आप गरगर आप र आप र तपत प आप प आप ग न आप र आप इ न प न आप र त न त गर आप र आप र आप र पर त त र न भ र र न न भ आप र र त आप... र

84 SAMARPAN Jan ए तर र By: Ravinder Goel न " ए तर र " त न प प पत त त त, त त र न रत पग न त, न न, न न र ग त र त भ त न प र ( त आ, त आ तर र )-2 त भ त न प र तर न र र र र, न तन ग न ए न आ र र, पन रप, पन रप तन प प त र त भ त न प र ( त आ, त आ तर र )-2 त भ त न प र (2) न " नत र ग तर आ न ई र ग " तर र त र र आ न र ग तर र न न र ग तर रत न र ग तर भगत न न र ग तर र न त न र ग तर न उत न र ग तर न प न र ग

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87 SAMARPAN Jan By: Arti Sehgal तर तन इतन र न न र र न न र र न न रतन तन पन भ प ऊग इ न तन इतन र पन न... भ ऊग त न भ प ऊग ऊग त न प ऊग और र रत र ग र आ र भ तर र न र

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